Life Log

My dad and I got to kick off December with a helicopter jump that was put on by my friends Will Page and Andrew Heywood.  When I talked to Andrew about the jump he mentions I got to jump for free as a celebration of veterans day (original was delayed dues to weather).  Nobody in their right mind would refuse a free heli jump even if its a freezing cold December morning. It ended up being a great opportunity to get out with my dad and reconnect with friends. Since my dad retired and moved to Utah a few years back, I've been trying to connect more by doing things we both love. Since I grew up around him at the DZ, jumping as always been a common denominator in [...]

I’m sitting on a plane remembering a Thailand / Cambodia trip in did with my dad a few year back.  My pop stays young by jumping out of airplanes with foreign militaries, earning foreign jump wings.  On this particular trip we were of to get our Thai Special Forces HALO jump wings and then head to Cambodia to do the same with their Special Forces units. This was my first time doing anything international other then my time in the military and I was looking forward to some adventure with my dad. When we landed in Bangkok we jumped in a cab and made our way to the hotel which was about 45 minutes away.  We really didn’t know where we were going and we were pretty sure (not 100%) [...]